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r/SpaceX Crew-10 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Crew-10 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Mar 14 2025, 23:03:48 |
|---|---|
| Launch Window (UTC) | Instantaneous |
| Scheduled for (local) | Mar 14 2025, 19:03:48 PM (EDT) |
| Docking scheduled for (UTC) | TBA |
| Mission | Crew-10 |
| Launch Weather Forecast | 99% GO |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. |
| Booster | B1090-2 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1090 has landed back at the launch site after its 2nd flight. |
| Dragon | Endurance C210-4 |
| Commander | Anne McClain |
| Pilot | Nichole Ayers |
| Mission Specialist | Kirill Peskov |
| Mission Specialist | Takuya Onishi |
| Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Spacecraft Onboard
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon 2 |
|---|---|
| Serial Number | C210 |
| Destination | International Space Station |
| Flights | 4 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Landing | Splashdown off the coast of California |
| Capabilities | Crew Flights to ISS or Low Earth Orbit |
Details
Crew Dragon 2 is capable of lifting four astronauts, or a combination of crew and cargo to and from low Earth orbit. Its heat shield is designed to withstand Earth re-entry velocities from Lunar and Martian spaceflights.
History
Crew Dragon 2 is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. Dragon is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. It is one of two American Spacecraft being develeoped capable of lifting American Astronauts to the International Space Station.
The first crewed flight, launched on 30 May 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station in the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the US since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011, and the first ever operated by a commercial provider.
Timeline
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Official Webcast | NASA |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
| Official Webcast | NASA |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
Stats
☑️ 483rd SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 425th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 50th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 5th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
☑️ 31st SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 7th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 15 days, 22:47:18 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Launch Weather Forecast
N/A
Resources
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Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/SPTalat Mar 16 '25
Imagine being filled with so much hate and vitriol that you can’t even appreciate the marvel of space engineering.
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u/Mylaststory Mar 16 '25
There’s literally no information about this anywhere else on Reddit. That’s crazy. This is a historical moment regardless of which party you’re on. I don’t care about Elon Musk, but this is something we’ll be talking about to our grandchildren. Why censor it? Anyways very exciting!
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u/Geosage Mar 15 '25
Any word on when the craft is to dock with the space station? The ISS is doing a good passover tonight 10 minutes after sunset and I'm wondering if it might be visible trailing it?
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u/astro_angelbats Mar 16 '25
Docking is scheduled for 075/03:30 GMT
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u/Geosage Mar 16 '25
Thanks! So that puts it... an hour and a half later... SO, any thought on how close the pod would be 1.5 hrs from to 3:30GMT?
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u/Planatus666 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 16 '25
Endurance's toilet is out of action:
"Per audio comms between SpaceX's CORE (Crew Operations and Resources Engineer) at MCC-X and the Crew-10 crew - a burst disk ruptured in the waste system aboard Endurance. No clear sign on why the issue occurred. The crew have been asked not to use the toilet in the meantime."
https://x.com/jaykeegan/status/1901004192849756294
What is it with Dragon's toilets failing? I think this is the second issue? Or is it the third?
It's a good thing that they should be docking with the ISS soon ..... (EDIT: now docked, that must be a relief)
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u/mmurray1957 Mar 15 '25
" Launch threads are party threads, "
Didn't realise that meant political parties.
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u/Planatus666 Mar 15 '25
Here's some info on yesterday's discarded 'panel' from the VP of Falcon Launch Vehicles:
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u/scarlet_sage Mar 16 '25
For searching and reference:
That’s because there’s usually a PAF and a closeout blanket covering it for non-Dragon missions. Turns out it’s tough to get bonded-on foam insulation to adhere properly to an aluminum dome that gets both super cold, hot, and elastically deforms under pressure. Will likely fly the closeout blanket on the next Crew mission just to make it a non-issue.
— Jon Edwards (@edwards345) March 15, 2025
It was also posted as a separate thread here, though there aren't any comments there at the moment.
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u/SF2431 Mar 15 '25
Noticed something at stage sep that caught my eye. The booster flipped “engines up” to do its boostback burn. I’ve been watching launches since the V1.1 days and while I don’t keep up nearly as much as of late, this is the first time I noticed it. I went back and checked out some old webcasts from 2022 or so and those all had an engines down boostback. When did this change in flip direction happen, anyone know?
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u/bel51 Mar 16 '25
For some reason, Dragon 2 RTLS missions flip upside down. Notably Dragon 2 missions also fly with the stack pitching downrange in the opposite orientation that it normally does, so that probably has something to do with it. Maybe it's for comms purposes?
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u/mmurray1957 Mar 15 '25
Is that because it was returning to the launch site instead of landing on a barge ?
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u/js1138-2 Mar 15 '25
So when is docking?
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u/mmurray1957 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
"The spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station's Harmony module at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15. " That's from NASA. I think it's a bit over a day from launch so I guess that is EDT ? [Confirmed elsewhere it is UDT and just over 28 hours travel time.]
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u/No_Contribution_7117 Mar 15 '25
So I dont keep up with this stuff and it was my first time watching it and was amazed. But why did they send 4 spacex astronauts up there? I know the dragon capsule seats 7 people, but was it for maintenance and capsule preperation purposes that requires 4 of those astronauts? And will all of them be returning home together or will some stay at the ISS?
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u/technocraticTemplar Mar 15 '25
It was originally planned to seat 7, but NASA wanted some changes to the seat angle during certain phases of flight for astronaut comfort/safety that meant they could only fit 4 actual chairs. I think SpaceX has kept saying that they can do 7 but no missions have actually needed that so it's a theoretical capability at best. IMO it's not likely to ever be needed before Dragon is retired. I don't think the ISS could really support 10 people (3 Soyuz + 7 Dragon) long term, for instance.
For this one I believe all 4 astronauts will be going up and returning together, which is how things usually go. The previous one, Crew 9, went up in September with only two so it could pick up the two astronauts that Starliner left behind. There have been a handful of times where astronauts have traded places with others to stay longer, but it's not super common.
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